This week’s theme
Words related to time

This week’s words
timeous
yealing
witching hour
meridian
ephemeral

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(muh-RID-ee-uhn)

MEANING:

noun:	1. A line connecting the North Pole to the South Pole or a circle passing through the two poles.
	2. Midday.
	3. The highest point, as of power, prosperity, development, etc.
adj.:	1. Relating to a meridian.
	2. Relating to midday.
	3. Relating to the highest point of someone’s power, prosperity, development, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French meridien, from Latin meridianus, from meridies (noon), from medius (mid) + dies (day). Earliest documented use: 1386.

USAGE:

“The beauty of the Marquesa de Tellería was still striking, though she had already passed the meridian of life.”
Benito Pérez Galdós (translation: Gamel Woolsey); The Spendthrifts; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 1951.

See more usage examples of meridian in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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